MFA (multi-factor authentication)
Requiring a second proof of identity beyond just a password.
Learn it through a story
- Who Goes There, and What Are They Allowed to Do? (Cybersecurity for Juniors 3, Ch 3)
Related terms
- Lateral movement An attacker moving from one compromised system to another inside a network.
- Least privilege Giving an app, or a person, only the access they truly need, nothing more.
- Malware Malicious software, built to harm, spy on, or exploit a device.
- Model extraction Copying how a model behaves by sending it huge numbers of questions.
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) A second proof of identity beyond just a password.
- Network scan Checking which devices are present and reachable on a given network.